MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.Multiple stints are are currently shown —Click to hide.

YEAR

Team

Lg

G

GS

IP

W

L

SV

H

BB

SO

HR

oppTAv

PPF

H/9

BB/9

HR/9

K/9

GB%

BABIP

TAv

WHIP

FIP

ERA

cFIP

DRA

DRA-

WARP

2009

TOR

MLB

18

17

93.3

7

4

0

116

38

69

17

.267

104

11.2

3.7

1.6

6.7

44%

.338

.293

1.65

5.40

5.30

110

6.25

134.0

-0.7

2010

TOR

MLB

28

28

172.7

15

7

0

175

54

117

18

.259

110

9.1

2.8

0.9

6.1

44%

.293

.247

1.33

4.00

4.22

100

4.97

112.3

0.6

2011

TOR

MLB

20

20

123.7

4

11

0

122

42

87

22

.265

109

8.9

3.1

1.6

6.3

40%

.267

.276

1.33

5.13

4.73

117

5.23

121.5

-0.3

2012

TOR

MLB

21

9

61.3

2

4

0

70

23

51

11

.266

107

10.3

3.4

1.6

7.5

40%

.324

.291

1.52

4.98

5.72

111

6.08

139.3

-0.7

2013

TOR

MLB

60

0

60.7

5

1

1

44

23

70

4

.272

102

6.5

3.4

0.6

10.4

53%

.267

.224

1.10

2.91

2.82

82

3.22

77.2

1.0

2014

TOR

MLB

66

0

53.3

2

3

5

46

27

76

2

.263

103

7.8

4.6

0.3

12.8

55%

.344

.246

1.37

2.37

2.70

73

3.04

74.6

0.9

2015

TOR

MLB

63

0

54.3

5

5

5

39

13

70

4

.260

103

6.5

2.2

0.7

11.6

53%

.280

.203

0.96

2.31

2.48

69

2.34

54.7

1.5

2016

TOR

MLB

54

0

36.7

1

7

0

39

8

45

6

.263

108

9.6

2.0

1.5

11.0

43%

.344

.254

1.28

3.59

3.93

86

4.22

93.4

0.3

2017

SLN

MLB

70

0

64.3

2

4

1

67

16

62

7

.268

95

9.4

2.2

1.0

8.7

46%

.328

.258

1.29

3.40

4.06

93

5.22

111.1

-0.0

Career

MLB

400

74

720.3

43

46

12

718

244

647

91

.264

106

9.0

3.0

1.1

8.1

45%

.303

.259

1.34

4.04

4.19

98

4.77

107.8

2.7

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.

BP Chats

Bret, thanks in advance. In a keeper, I drafted Seager and Bryant. Dynasty 10 teams. Don't see myself giving up on Bryant. I need Closer depth. Should I dangle Seager for a closer or should I hold out for bigger return? I have an offer on him in the form of Brett Cecil. Thanks again!(Number27 from THRILLwaukee)

Do not do that. Please do not do that. If I'm trading Corey Seager in a dynasty league right now, I'd better be getting at least a top-75 overall player back. (Bret Sayre)

Toronto closer: Aaron Sanchez? Brett Cecil? You must have seen these guys in the Int, no?(CyMature from fountain of youth)

Yes. Saw Sanchez at New Hampshire last year. He wasn't around AAA a long time. The guy is one of the biggest arms around the game. Mid 90's with ease. Tons of natural life and run. I was told he has those big Pedro Martinez fingers that create a natural rifling effect as he releases the ball. Even long tossing he would appear to be throwing 15 degree away from the catcher and the ball ran back that much. I think this is a big reason for his command issues. The other big problem is his short striding. I don't like it and it's not helping him repeat better at all. Two Plus or better pitches and the change has a ton of potential. Big, strong, athlete who can throw hard all day. He'd be a waste in the pen in many ways - it wouldn't hide his command deficiencies, for one. If you're having trouble locating that doesn't really improve if you suddenly ONLY pitch high leverage innings. In either case though, he doesn't need to improve his command to get big leaguers out. He can be effectively wild because the stuff is just so good. Our own Mark Anderson used a AJ Burnett comp I liked a lot. Burnett has basically been a thrower and not a pitcher his whole career and yet he's made a hell of a career of that. Sanchez could do the same and has the potential to evolve into a better type of pitcher (READ: NOT saying better career than Burnett neccesarily ).
EDIT: Rambled and Forgot Cecil. Cecil was the Closer for Maryland in College and he's more than capable. I also wouldn't sleep on Aaron Loup. He gets out LHs and RHs and is a pretty strong arm. Neither of those guys has a more impressive resume than Casey Janssen when he took over, no? (Al Skorupa)

Toronto has a little bit of money left but has a couple of potential needs (Closer, 2B, CF, SP). If you were the team's GM which would you prioritize knowing that the likely fallback options for those positions were Dalton Pompey (CF), Brett Cecil (CL), and Devon Travis (2b). Axford or K-Rod for closer and Hector Olivera at second base would look nice no?(Jim from Ottawa)

I'm not a believer in Devon Travis as a significant MLB contributor, so I would focus my attention on finding alternatives or ideally an answer at second base. If not that, then I think it makes more sense to focus on finding additional arms for the rotation at this point. (Mark Anderson)

It looks like the Blue Jays are going to go with Brett Cecil and Aaron Sanchez as their late inning arms. If it were up to you, who would be the closer and who the setup man?(Mark from Toronto)

I'm not sure the order matters from where I'm sitting. I guess I'd put Cecil in the ninth so I could cushion Sanchez's eventual arb costs (since he's likely to reach Super Two status).

If I were the team, I'd like to know how they approach the ninth inning mentally. It reminds me of what Kevin Goldstein used to say: if the players believe in the closer's mentality, then it exists; it may not mean much to you or I or Suzy by the seashore, but if they value it, then it is valuable. If Sanchez has that mindset and Cecil doesn't, well, who can blame Toronto for putting the youngster in that spot? (R.J. Anderson)

I give you a chance to make one move before the deadline, what do you do (Alex Anthopoulos from Toronto)

Alex you are a good man, much smarter than I. If you were to employ me I would make any move you wanted to. The move that I would make would be to sell high on some of your relief pitchers, especially Brett Cecil. (Zach Mortimer)

Gotta like both, but when the stats look similar I have to trust the scouts, who say that Matusz is the more likely ace among this pair. Cecil hasn't been able to duplicate his minor league ground ball and home run rates yet in the Majors, and he's in a home park where that can hurt... (Cory Schwartz)

I'm in a shallow 8 team league with some friends. I drafter Chipper, but grabbed Headley on the waiver wire. Do I drop Chipper and grab a pitcher? Jaime Garcia, Brad Penny, Phil Hughes, Brett Cecil, and Wade Davis are all available.
Bonus round: I already snagged CJ Wilson off the wire. Do you like any of the guys I listed better than CJ? Thanks!(Gregjitsu from Cal)

I like C.J. Wilson a lot. I think he's like Buehrle with more strikeouts (more walks too, though). I wonder why he started out as a reliever, because he's got the stuff and repertoire to be a starter.

Hughes, Cecil or Davis would all be worthwhile IMO. Cecil will probably give you the fewest wins though, when the Jays remember they are the Jays. (Marc Normandin)

It seems as if the Jays have recovered from their hiccup following their early season hot-start. If the standings look the same once Doc Halladay returns next week, what odds would you give the Jays of hanging tight in the playoff race through to September? Making the playoffs?(rawagman from Toronto)

I'm still not a believer in the long-term viability of that offense. I also don't know if they'll continue to have success with Ricky Romero and Brett Cecil patching the rotation (though I hope they do, because it's fun to watch). (Steven Goldman)

Hi Christina my friend read me my heroscope about a month ago and it said I will recieve very good news on Feb. 10th. I haven't got any yet. Could you tell me something awesome about the Jays?(dogtothedog from Toronto)

You're still tied for first place? Seriously, though, there are players to look forward to coming into view. J.P. Arencibia and Travis Snider, certainly, maybe Brett Cecil and Ricky Romero... we can all hope Aaron Hill's good to go, right, and there's nothing that say he can't right now this instant... OK, I'm stretching here. A little less than eight hours to go, maybe it's something non-baseball you're supposed to hear. (Christina Kahrl)

In Verducci terms, how long should it be expected to take to convert a young releiver into a starter capable of throwing 180+IP? I'm thinking especially of Brett Cecil here, although I have also heard of this being attempted by other clubs with highly esteemed prospects. Thank you(rawagman from TO)

That's a pretty extreme case, but I'd say two years. He's either going to handle the workload, or not. (Will Carroll)

Brett Cecil has been posting some fine numbers at high A and AA this season (67.1 ip, 57h, 21bb, 71k, 2.38 GO/AO) - yet I never hear him mentioned among the better pitching prospects. Has his stuff gone downhill since becoming a full time starter?(nellybud from NS)

He's a good prospect, but not an elite one. He has a deep arsenal and really knows how to pitch, but it's good stuff, not overwhelming stuff. (Kevin Goldstein)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

Brett Cecil has thrown 11,469 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2009 and 2017, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2017, he has relied primarily on his Curve (84mph) and Fourseam Fastball (92mph), also mixing in a Sinker (92mph), Cutter (89mph) and Change (84mph).